who are these grisly green guys?

i love these guys. i have loved these guys since i was 18 years old. it was my senior year in high school & i would go to this art studio in downtown dickson regularly just to stare @ this piece of art. i really don't know why but i loved it. i never dreamed i would own it. i had no money & was getting ready to head to college the summer after i graduated. one day, out of the blue, drae pulled up in his old green isuzu trooper and pulled this glorious painting out of the back. he had saved up (from working late nights after school & weekends @ east hills restaurant) to get it for me. it was my "growing up & going to college" present from him. these green faces have always made my heart happy for all they remind me of... with one glance i'm taken back to that summer & the feelings of excitement at everything that lay ahead of me & the joy of falling in love with drae. now, having said that, no one else loves this painting like i do. my mother abhorred it. she said it was scary & devilish & couldn't understand why anyone would want to look @ it. i'm pretty sure all my sisters agreed. my college roommates thought it was weird & that i was weird for hanging it over my bed so i it would be the last thing i saw @ night & first thing i saw in the mornings. nonetheless, it has hung in every college dorm room & apartment i lived in and is now hanging in my bedroom in our home (on my side of the bed, of course). drason, too, has never really been that big of a fan. he has said "how about we take that picture down for a while- maybe replace it with something else? aren't you tired of that yet?" i have always said "no way" and have been perfectly content with being the only person alive who has ever loved this little piece of art......... until.......






livi drae.
this is my darling daughter sitting on our bed laughing @ these green guys. she LOVES them! every time she catches a glimpse of them she chuckles. now, this is a big deal because although she is a wonderfully happy baby she is stingy with her smiles. it takes a lot to elicit a big grim or belly laugh. but, these guys- they just sit and stare- and always seem to crack her up. she will sit on our bed ( i will hide in the bathroom to watch) & she will interact with them with her laughter & cooing as if they are real. i love this... she is my daughter... and although she looks like her dad... i've got some proof now that she's got some of her mom in her.